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Moderna I-CEO uStephane Bancel ngoLwesithathu uvikele izinhlelo zenkampani zokwenyusa intengo ye-Covid shots ngokuphindwe kahlanu, esusa ingcindezi esigcawini seSenethi sokuthi ayeke ukukhuphuka ngenkathi ethatha ama-barbs ngesinxephezelo sakhe.
IModerna ihlela ukunyusa intengo yohlu lomuthi wokugoma ngo-400% iye ku-$130 lapho amashothi ethengiswa emakethe yangasese ekuqaleni kwalokhu kuwa. Le nkampani ibikhokhisa uhulumeni wase-US cishe ama-dollar angama-26 ngethamo ngalinye.
USenenja ozimele waseVermont, uBernie Sanders, usihlalo wekomidi lezempilo leSigele, ucindezele u-Bancel ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwecala ukuthi avume ukungenyusi inani lohlu lomgomo ngalolo hlobo.
“Ukuphindaphinda inani lentengo kukhulu,” uSanders etshela uBancel. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi uzosibuyekeza kabusha leso sinqumo. Sizodla abakhokhi bentela bakuleli zwe izigidigidi zamarandi. Ingabe yinto ongayenza leyo?”
Usihlalo uBernie Sanders, I-Vt., ubuza uStephane Bancel, oyi-CEO yeModerna, ngesikhathi sekomiti leSenate Health, Education, Labour and Pension Committee elalinesihloko esithi Abakhokhi Bentela Bakhokhe Izigidigidi Ngalo: Pho Kungani IModerna Ingacabanga Ukuphindaphinda Kane Intengo Yomgomo we-COVID? eHart Building ngoLwesithathu, Mashi 22, 2023.
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U-Bancel wenqabile ukuzibophezela okunjalo. Utshele ikomidi ukuthi imakethe yokugomela i-Covid ishintsha kakhulu njengoba uhulumeni waseMelika eyeka ukuthenga nokusabalalisa izibhamu ezweni lonke.
Joyina i-CNBC Healthy Returns ngoMashi 29, lapho sizobiza khona umbuthano ongokoqobo wama-CEO, ososayensi, abatshalizimali kanye nabasunguli bendawo yokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuze sicabange ngenqubekelaphambili eyenziwe namuhla yokusungula kabusha ikusasa lezokwelapha. Futhi, sizoba nohlu oluphelele lwamathuba amahle kakhulu okutshala imali ku-biopharma, ubuchwepheshe bezempilo kanye nokunakekelwa okuphethwe. Funda kabanzi futhi ubhalise namuhla: http://bit.ly/3DUNbRo
UModerna ulindele ukuthi isidingo sokuthi umuthi wokugoma wehle ngo-90%, okushiya inkampani isengozini yokuthola imithamo emoshiwe, kusho uBancel. Phakathi ubhubhaneuhulumeni wobumbano wazithatha lezo zindleko.
“Ukuvikela abantu, sidinga ukwenza okungaphezu kwalokho esicabanga ukuthi kuzodingeka. Kuzodingeka sikukhokhele,” kusho uBancel.
IModerna ithuthukise lo mgomo ngokubambisana neNational Institutes of Health. Uhulumeni waseMelika usebenzise imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-12 ocwaningweni, ekuthuthukisweni nasekuthengeni izithombe.
Umuthi wokugomela i-Covid uhlala uwumkhiqizo weModerna kuphela emakethe okwamanje. Le nkampani yenze inzuzo eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-21 kusukela isibhamu saqala ukukhishwa e-US ngoDisemba 2020.
USanders usole uBancel “ngokwenza inzuzo” kanye “nesinxephezelo se-CEO ngokweqile” ngesikhathi ethula amazwi akhe. Ngemuva kwalokho uSenator watshela uBancel ukuthi umphakathi awuqondi ukuthi kungani iModerna iphinda intengo yomuthi wokugoma ekubeni inkampani nabaphathi bayo benze imali engaka.
Ibhange likhiphe imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $390 ezikhethweni zesitoko ngo-2022, ngokusho kokudalulwa kwezimali. Ubenesabelo esingu-7.3% eModerna kusukela ngoMashi 8 enenani lama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.3 ngokuya ngentengo yokuvala yesitoko ngoLwesibili engu- $ 152.10 isabelo.
Ibhodi labaqondisi bakwaModerna ligunyaze ipharashute legolide leBancel lokho linyuke lafinyelela ku-$926 million ekupheleni kuka-2021 njengoba inani lesitoko lenkampani lenyuka. Inani laleli phakheji lehle kakhulu ekupheleni kuka-2022 lafinyelela cishe ezigidini ezingama-472 zamaRandi njengoba amasheya kaModerna ehla ngenani, ngokusho kokudalulwa kwezimali.
USen. Mitt Romney, u-R-Utah, weza ezovikela iModerna. URomney uthe uBancel usephenduke usozigidigidi ngoba isitoko anaso sesibalulekile ngenxa yokuphumelela kobuchwepheshe bale nkampani. URomney uthe abantu abatshala izizumbulu zemali emithini eyingozi, engenabufakazi kanye nokwelashwa badinga imbuyiselo enkulu.
“Angazi ukuthi ingakanani imali eyisamba esifanele,” kusho uRomney. “Kodwa umqondo wokuthi ngandlela thize ukuhaha kwezinkampani kusanda kusungulwa eMelika awunangqondo. Kade kwaba khona kusukela ekuqaleni kwebhizinisi lamahhala – abantu abatshala izimali, benethemba lokuthi uma kuphumelela bazokwenza kahle kakhulu ngokwezimali.”
U-Bancel uthe uhlelo lokugoma lwaseMelika luhlinzeke ngama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezi-5 ngenani lezomnotho futhi luvimbele ukulaliswa ezibhedlela eziyizigidi eziyi-18 nokufa kwabantu abayizigidi ezi-3.
Ukulungiswa: IModerna ithuthukise umuthi wokugoma ngokubambisana neNational Institutes of Health. Inguqulo yangaphambilini ilisho kabi igama lesisebenzeli saseMelika.
